command + enter is running my entire Rmd script

[ae_vcu]

I keep unpredictably running into a situation where I'm in RStudio writing a Markdown document, and command + enter runs the entire script, not just the command that the cursor is in. It doesn't happen all the time and I can't figure out any pattern. This is especially annoying because I have a giant data frame that gets loaded in at the beginning, so it takes a lot of time. I can't seem to find a solution or evidence that others have run into this. Any suggestions? I'm running RStudio 2021.09.0 Build 351 for macOS, and I'm using Catalina 10.15.7.

[cderv]

Can you check in your settings to which command the shortcut is assigned too in your RStudio IDE ?

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts in the RStudio IDE

[ae_vcu]

Sure, Cmd + Enter is assigned to "Run Current Line or Selection", and that's how it usually works. It has definitely occurred to me that I might be accidentally selecting the whole script before I hit cmd+enter, but as far as I can tell, I'm not doing that.

[cderv]

Unfortunately, I don't have a clue. CTRL + ENTER works for me in last RStudio version.
You could try update your rstudio IDE to last daily to see if this change something.

Maybe there is a conflict in keyboard assignement.

I am going to move this issue in RStudio IDE category as it better fits there.

[ae_vcu]

I'll take a closer look at the IDE. For now, I've commented out the command that loads my dataset, so that even if Cmd+Enter does run the whole thing, at least it won't take as long.

[andresrcs]

Maybe related to this IDE feature

"There is one chunk name that imbues special behaviour: setup . When you’re in a notebook mode, the chunk named setup will be run automatically once, before any other code is run."

[ae_vcu]

Aha! The chunk where I read in the data IS called setup, and I am in notebook mode! I will change the name of that chunk immediately. Thank you so much!

[andresrcs]

The "setup" chunk is very useful for package loading and setting global options, I would move data loading into a separate chunk instead of getting reed of "setup"

[cderv]

Good catch @andresrcs ! I did not thought of that and was mislead by "entire Rmd script" running.

Thank you !

@ae_vcu

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